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Sharing an iFolder Account

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Posted: 5 Jun 2002

Q:
Alex wrote: I was wondering if it possible to share one iFolder amongst multiple users? And if so, how can I set this up?

A:
Neither iFolder 1.0 nor iFolder 2.0 supports sharing a local iFolder account among multiple users. This is targeted for the next release. However, you can set up a user account and then have everyone that needs access to the account use the same username and password.

With this scenario, there is a larger possibility of having a file conflict if two people are accessing the same file at the same time. If this happens, iFolder resolves the conflict by looking at the time stamps. The newest time stamp will be saved and synchronized and the older time stamp will be sent to the Conflict Bin of the computer on which the file was modified. For more information on the Conflict Bin, see the Using iFolder section of the iFolder Quick Start located at http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/ifolder20

Check out these Shared iFolder Account Caveats so the sharing doesn't turn ugly.

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